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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, February 17
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, February 18
5:00 pm Mass
3:00 pm Crafters
Sunday, February 19
10:00 am Children's Eucharist
Tuesday, February 21
2:00 pm Pastoral Team
Wednesday, February 22
7:00 pm Ash Wednesday Service
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Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766).
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General Info
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The Parish Council meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Members are: Therese Gabriel, Steve Campbell, Sheila Leander, Nancy Wamser, Michelle Smith, Mary Crecelius, Jessica Rowley and Frank Krebs.
The Parish 0ffice is located at Eden Theological Seminary, 483 East Lockwood, Suite 3, St. Louis, MO 63119. Frank and Jessica are available for appointments. You can reach them at... Jessica: 314.283.4697, Frank: 314.740.1160.
We have an initiative to connect people to small faith sharing groups. If you are interested in joining a small group, please contact Jessica Rowley (314.918.2766 or email).
We Tithe as a parish and we need your recommendations
We donate 10% of our collections to worthy causes. We do this as an act of faith, trusting that, in doing this, we will still be able to meet our financial needs. Please let the Parish Council know about worthy organizations that you would like us to contribute to. Information needed: your name, name of organization you are suggesting, to whom check should be made payable, where to send check and to whose attention. Please send your suggestions to Marilyn Tenholder.
Matthew 25 The Matthew 25 Fund helps members in our community who need financial assistance. All information concerning the people with whom we work is held in the strictest confidence. If you would like to contribute to this fund, make your check payable to Matthew 25, and place it in the collection basket. If you need assistance from the fund, contact Peggy Montgomery.
Membership Care Prayer List
If you have a joy or concern you would like to share on the prayer list please contact someone on the pastoral team. We have a SafeChurch Policy to protect our children and other vulnerable populations. |
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Please keep our Schnucks E-Scrip fund raiser in mind when you shop. If you don't already have an E-Scrip card, please call Marilyn Tenholder (314.323.1467) and she will get one to you. There is no charge and all you have to do is activate it by either a phone call or by going online. Simply show the card when you check out and a percentage of your purchase cost will be rebated back to Sts. Clare & Francis. Thank you!
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COMMUNITY CORNER...
our family news
(It is good for us to know what's happening in each other's lives. If you have any news you'd like to share with the community, please email Steve ).
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The Weekly News
February 16, 2012
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Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Readings: Is 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25; 2 Cor 1:18-22; Mk 2:1-12
Presider: Jessica Rowley
Homilist: Michelle Smith
Sacristan: Sheila Leander
Readers: Karen Diehl, Therese Gabriel
Eucharistic Ministers: Joan Switzer, Barb Winkler, Barbara Harris
If you are able to serve in your scheduled ministry, please let Jessica know when you get a substitute so that we can publish the correct names in the newsletter. Thanks so much.
jessica.rowley@stsclareandfrancis.org (314.918-2766) |
Crafters
Saturday, February 18, 2012
3:00 pm
Fireside Room
Join us for a weaving of conversation and craft Saturday, February 18th at 3pm in the fireside room. Contact Jessica with questions.
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Final Convocation
in Service/Social Justice Series
Saturday, February 25, 2012
3:00 pm
Fireside Room
Our last in the series of convocations on Social Justice will focus on practical ways that each of us can put into practice the principles we have been learning. There will be suggestions for those "who cannot take on one more thing" as well as those who are ready to get more involved.
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Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
7:00 pm
Our Ash Wednesday service will be held in collaboration with our host church, Peace United Church of Christ.
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EUCC is now Peace UCC
Dear Friends,
On February 12, 2012, the Members of Evangelical United Church of Christ stood in their support of adopting our new name: Peace United Church of Christ.
Peace United Church of Christ - a beautiful name for a precious community. With this historic decision, the work of our community begins anew. May we continue to reach for peace in the richness of our history, our presentness, and our possibility.
Peace to you,
Katherine HawkerSelf
Pastor, Peace United Church of Christ
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Homilies
George's homily from February 11, Fearing the Vulnerable, and all homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis are available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
 2012 Bellarmine Lecture
Stanley Hauerwas
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
7:00 pm
Saint Louis University
Busch Student Center, Saint Louis Room
Named "America's Best Theologian" by Time Magazine in 2001
"Stanley Hauerwas is a public provocateur, a ravenous reader, a restless wrestler with the truth, and an eccentric devotee of baseball, murder mysteries, and liturgically-shaped discipleship."
-- Sam Wells, Duke University
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Stray Rescue
 If you are an animal-lover, consider opening your heart and your home to a Stray Rescue dog in need of a foster home. Fostering is fun and rewarding, at no cost to you. Stray Rescue covers the cost of food, supplies, vet services, and even a kennel when you are on vacation! For more information, please contact Annemarie Nauert (314-602-5871, aennt7@gmail.com) or apply to be a foster parent on Stray Rescue's website http://strayrescue.org/ .
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Week of Guided Prayer
An Ecumenical Retreat in Everyday Life
February 19 - Week of Guided Prayer at St. Stephen Protomartyr Catholic Parish in St. Louis City.
March 4 - Week of Guided Prayer at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Ellisville.
March 18 - Week of Guided Prayer at the Catholic Student Center at Washington University in University City.
More details about these retreats, as well as well as additional information such as an overview of the retreat program, frequently asked questions, praise from retreatants, upcoming retreats, etc. is available at www.weekofguidedprayer.org.
To register for any of these retreats, contact Clarence
Heller via phone (636.256.6515) or
e-mail marclar123@aol.com.
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Hungry for Change: Food, Ethics and Sustainability
Six Session Discussion Course During Lent
Fridays, February 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
10:30 am - Noon
The Family Center
602 West Kirkham in Webster Groves
Cost: $30
Register by February 10 so books can be ordered.
For information, call 6183466.5004
To register, send payment to
La Vista Ecological Learning Center
4300 Levis Lane
Godfrey, IL 62035
Lent is a perfect time to explore our relationship to food, especially now when our planet is in peril. We know that how we eat determines to a great extent how the earth is used.
Participants will:
Explore the interconnected nature of food systems and our relationships to them
Examine the impact our food choices have on our health and the health of our planet
Consider the ethical and political implications of our current food system and our personal food choices
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Never Been A Time
Harper Barnes
Thursday, March 1, 2012
7:00 pm
St. Margaret of Scotland
Ever wonder how our region developed the racial divides and challenges that exist today? The book Never Been a Time offers insight into a part of our region's history as it chronicles the tragedy of the 1917 race riots in East St. Louis.
You are invited to read an account of this event and hear from the author himself. We are so fortunate to have Harper Barnes, a former editor of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, author and columnist, to join us on March 1st, at 7:00 pm at St. Margaret of Scotland Church Hall, 3827 Flad, 63110 (corner of 39th and Flad) to discuss the book followed by questions and answers.
Left Bank Books will have the book for sale at a 20% discount at both their locations or you can order it from them on-line at http://www.left-bank.com/book/9780802715753. You may pick it up or they will mail it. Also, the City Library has 10 copies and the County Library does as well. Please register for this free event by contacting Gerry Rauch, 314.664.5770 or gerrauch@gmail.com.
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Everyone sees drama from his own perspective.
Jean-Marie Le Pen
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